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The Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins

A Pakistan vendor sells caps to customer visiting a mosque to offer prayers during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, June 6, 2016. During Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn to dusk. K.M. ChaudaryAP

Iranian astrologist Ehsan Mehrjou, left, searches the sky with a telescope for the new moon that signals the start of the Muslims' holy fasting month of Ramadan as his son Aydin looks through his toy binocular on top of the landmark, the Milad telecommunication tower, in Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 6, 2016. Millions of Muslims around the world on Monday marked the start of Ramadan, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Vahid SalemiAP

Afghans perform a prayer on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, June 6, 2016. Muslims across the world will observe the holy fasting month of Ramadan, where they refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk. Rahmat GulAP

An elderly man reads verses of the Quran, Islam's holy book, on the first day of the fasting month of Ramadan in the Grand Mosque in the old city of Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, June 6, 2016. Hani MohammedAP

Iraqis shop at a traditional Ramadan market in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jun 6, 2016. Muslims throughout the world are marking Ramadan - a month of fasting during which the observants abstain from food, drink and other pleasures from sunrise to sunset. Nabil al-JuraniAP

Afghans pray before breaking their fasting during the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, June 6, 2016. Muslims across the world will observe the holy fasting month of Ramadan, where they refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk. Rahmat GulAP

Afghan cooks serves rice during the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, June 6, 2016. Muslims across the world will observe the holy fasting month of Ramadan, where they refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk. Rahmat GulAP

A Pakistani vendor prepares traditional vermicelli for the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Monday, June 6, 2016. Muslims across the world observe the holy fasting month of Ramadan, when they refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk. B.K. BangashAP

Pakistan Muslims offer an evening prayer called 'tarawih' marking the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Data Darbar mosque in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, June 6, 2016. During Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn to dusk. K.M. ChaudaryAP

In this Sunday, June 5, 2016 photo, a whirling dervish spins during a performance to mark the holy month of Ramadan at El-Moez Street in historical Fatimid Cairo, Egypt. Devout Muslims throughout the world began to celebrate Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, refraining from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from sunrise to sunset. Amr NabilAP

In this Sunday, June 5, 2016 photo, an Egyptian vender looks for customers on a street decorated to mark the first day of the holy month of Ramadan in Cairo, Egypt. Devout Muslims throughout the world will began to celebrate Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, refraining from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from sunrise to sunset. Amr NabilAP

Lebanese girls hold traditional lanterns during street performances celebrating the upcoming Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Saturday, June 4, 2016. Devout Muslims throughout the world will begin to mark Ramadan next week, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, refraining from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from sunrise to sunset.. Mohammad ZaatariAP